Stunning new images of the sun captured by Earth's most powerful telescope.

The Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii has released images of the sun that allow astronomers to study the star under a microscope. The telescope captures super sharp pictures of the sun and measures the magnetic fields of solar features that affect "space weather," including sunspots, flares, and coronal mass ejections. Many of the sunspots pictured are as vast in size as Earth, if not larger, and can cause solar flares. The telescope also captured "quiet regions" of the sun where there is low solar activity. The new telescope will work in conjunction with other telescopes capturing data in space.